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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between ashley butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Talavou Alelo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, ashley butcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Talavou Alelo!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
butcher scores a takedown into full mount!
butcher blocks Alelo's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Alelo sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Alelo trying to control here.
Alelo on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Alelo gets full guard.
butcher throws a big right hand that misses.
butcher stands up over Alelo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Alelo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Alelo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
butcher trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
butcher scoring with some ground and pound.
butcher avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
butcher tries to stand but Alelo is controlling from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alelo lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Alelo throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
butcher has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
butcher decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Alelo, up you get!
butcher throws a right and a left that Alelo avoids nicely.
butcher lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Alelo backs up against the cage.
Alelo tries for a takedown but butcher circles away easily
and butcher counters with a stiff right hand.
butcher jabs Alelo right on the nose. Alelo blinks but takes it well.
Alelo doesn't succeed with the takedown
and butcher counters with a nice uppercut.
Alelo has his takedown stuffed
and Alelo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
ashley butcher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Talavou Alelo.
A shot to de liver by butcher. Beautiful body shot.
Talavou Alelo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alelo with a lazy takedown attempt
and butcher counters with a nice uppercut.
Alelo looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
butcher closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Alelo on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
butcher tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
butcher working the ground and pound.
Alelo parries the strikes from butcher easily there. butcher is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Alelo to escape.
butcher has control of an arm but Alelo manages to advance to butcher's back!
Alelo can't escape the position.
butcher not allowing Alelo to control his hands.
A lull in the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
butcher not allowing Alelo to control his hands.
You can see the frustration on Alelo's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
butcher throwing damaging strikes from the back! Alelo could be in trouble here!
butcher throwing damaging strikes from the back! Alelo could be in trouble here!
butcher softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Alelo breaks butcher's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
butcher wants to stand up but Alelo is controlling him.
butcher on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if butcher tries to get out of the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Alelo misses with a takedown
and butcher counters by moving into the clinch.
butcher pulls guard.
butcher wants to stand up but Alelo is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
butcher working for a triangle but Alelo defends it easily.
Alelo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Alelo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Alelo works over butcher with some ground and pound from guard.
Alelo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Alelo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
butcher avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
ashley butcher dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
butcher throws a sloppy head kick and Alelo moves out of range easily.
Alelo tries to clinch
and butcher counters with a nice uppercut.
butcher fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alelo has his takedown stuffed
and butcher counters with a single leg into guard. Alelo didn't expect that.
butcher would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Alelo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
butcher missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
butcher won't allow Alelo to sweep him here.
Alelo lands some strikes from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
butcher controls from within his opponent's guard.
Alelo thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alelo throws his legs up looking for a submission but butcher uses it to pass to side control.
Alelo wants to get back to his feet but butcher drags him back down.
butcher cracks Alelo with a big right hand but Alelo just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
butcher lands some shots froms side control.
butcher is putting a hurting on Alelo here, landing some big shots from side control.
butcher looks up at the clock and then as Alelo takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, butcher smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Alelo throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
butcher working the ground and pound.
butcher is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Alelo is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
butcher throws a sloppy head kick and Alelo moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Alelo misses with a takedown attempt
and butcher counters with a left and a right that stings Alelo.
Left hook, right uppercut from butcher.
Alelo looks for a takedown but butcher sprawls well.
ashley butcher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Talavou Alelo.
butcher lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Alelo gets the takedown into side control.
Alelo wants to control but butcher is keeping him busy.
ashley butcher overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
butcher takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alelo cracks butcher with a big elbow.
Alelo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, butcher has escaped the position, nice work there.
butcher is not content to let Alelo control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alelo working the head and body with strikes.
Alelo swings around for an armbar but butcher sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Alelo's guard.
butcher controlling from the top position.
Alelo throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
butcher scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells butcher's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Alelo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
butcher works over Alelo with some ground and pound from guard.
Alelo lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for butcher!
Alelo trying to control but butcher is having none of it.
butcher wants to get back to his feet.
Alelo avoids the attempt from butcher to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
ashley butcher dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
butcher missing with a left hand there. Alelo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
butcher lands a right hook to the body.
Alelo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
butcher goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Alelo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Alelo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but butcher does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
butcher looks like he's trying to stand up.
Alelo slips a nice elbow through butcher's hands, connecting with butcher's forehead.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Alelo connects with a nice short shot to butcher's temple.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Alelo connects with a nice short shot to butcher's temple.
Alelo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Alelo trying to control the action but butcher is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice strikes from Alelo there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
butcher trying to control but Alelo postures up.
Alelo working butcher over with strikes.
Alelo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Alelo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
butcher tries to kick Alelo off but Alelo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Alelo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Alelo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Alelo working over butcher with some ground and pound. butcher looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Alelo works his way into side control.
Alelo grinds an elbow into butcher's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
butcher is trying to get back to half guard.
Alelo trying to control the position but butcher is working away.
butcher is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
butcher on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Alelo lands a decent elbow from side control.
butcher wants to control but Alelo postures up.
Alelo creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Alelo working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alelo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
butcher is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
What's butcher going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Alelo working the head with strikes.
Alelo grinds an elbow into butcher's temple.
Alelo lands some shots froms side control.
Alelo misses with the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on butcher's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Alelo working the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Alelo working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
butcher is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Alelo has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Alelo working away.
Alelo wants to control but butcher is keeping him busy.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Alelo avoids the head kick by butcher.
ashley butcher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alelo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? butcher is fending him off so far but Alelo persists. Nope, butcher circles away and we're back to standing.
butcher looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
butcher throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Alelo gets the takedown into side control.
Alelo creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Talavou Alelo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alelo is putting a hurting on butcher here, landing some big shots from side control.
ashley butcher is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alelo working the head and body with strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Talavou Alelo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think butcher has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... ashley butcher!
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RATING
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